DARTMOUTH

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"DARTMOUTH, a town of Devonshire with a spacious haven, capable of sheltering a large number of ships. It is seated on the declivity of a hill, at the mouth of the Dart; which river, rising at the foot of Dartmoor hills, (an extensive moorish tract, feeding great numbers of black cattle,) after passing Totnes, where it is navigable for small vessels, is joined by the Hareborn, seven miles above it's fall into Dartmouth haven. Dartmouth has a considerable trade with the S. parts of Europe, and to Newfoundland, as well as a share in the coasting traffic." [From: Walker's Universal Gazetteer, 1795]

A seaport and market town 30¾ miles SW of Exeter, that had 4597 inhabitants in 1831. According to Peskett, it is technically the borough of Clifton-Dartmouth-Hardness, containing the three parishes: St Clement or Townstall (technically the mother church), St Saviour (technically a chapelry of St Clement, but in practice the major parish) and St Petrox. There was a Mariners' Chapel, extant 1836, but this did not keep separate registers. Regarded as part of the South Hams area.

The Dartmouth Archives website, a Dartmouth History Research Group project, provides transcripts or scans of a number of sets of baptisms, marriages and burials, findable under their Archive Category: Genealogy or via their search facility.

Cranford, Robert. Up and down the River Dart: a descriptive sketch of the district between Dartmouth & Totnes ... from the river, Dartmouth, R. Cranford & Sons (1917) 30p: ill, folded map. [Westcountry Studies Library pB/DAR 1/1917/CRA]

Karkeek, Paul Q. Notes on the early history of Dartmouth with special reference to its commerce, shipping and seamen in the fourteenth century. Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 12, (1880), pp. 572-590. [Index]

Keane, W.G. Dartmouth Cottage Hospital: A History. [Dartmouth]: Dartmouth History Research Group.

Lewis, F.C. Scenery of the River Dart, being a series of thirty-five views, London, The Author (1821) 40 pp. [Westcountry Studies Library sfB/DAR 1/1821/LEW]

Karkeek, Paul Q. Notes on the early history of Dartmouth with special reference to its commerce, shipping and seamen in the fourteenth century. Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 12, (1880), pp. 572-590. [Index]

Windeatt, Edward. The fitting-out of two vessels against the Spanish Armada at Dartmouth.Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 12, (1880), pp. 312-321. [Includes the names and ratings for two Dartmouth Armada ships] [Index]

The Dartmouth History Research Group's website aims to "ensure that copies of documents and family records from Dartmouth residents, businesses and public services such as The Town Council are recorded for use by future generations".

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